New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Pagrus auratus, a new combination for the species known as "snapper" in Australasian waters (Pisces: Sparidae)

CHRIS D. PAULIN

National Museum of New Zealand,
P. O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider) is redescribed on the basis of material from Australasia and Japan. Pagrus Cuvier is a senior synonym of ChrysophrysQaoy & Gaimard, ChrysophrisCuvier, and Pagrosomus Gill. Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider) is a senior synonym of P. major (Temminck & Schlegel) and the species is found widely in the Indo-Pacific from New Zealand and Australia to China and Japan.

Keywords taxonomy; Pisces; Sparidae; snapper; Pagrus auratus; Chrysophrys

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1990, Vol. 24:259-265 Crown copyright 1990
Received 2 August 1989; accepted 18 December 1989

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